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Bulgaria's Dimitrov Loses to Nadal in Basel

Grigor Dimitrov, Bulgaria's best male tennis player, was defeated by Rafael Nadal (Spain) in the second round of at ATP 500 tournament in Basel, Switzerland.

Dimitrov lost on Wednesday evening 4:6, 6:4, 3:6.

In the first two sets, he managed to reach 4:0 before Nadal caught up.

This is Nadal's seventh, out of seven, defeat over Dimitrov.

Ending EU citizens’ bank secrecy in Switzerland

Parliament adopted its stance on a deal with Switzerland to make it harder for EU citizens to hide cash from the tax man in Swiss bank accounts, in a vote on Tuesday. Under the deal, the EU and Switzerland will automatically exchange information on the bank accounts of each other’s residents, starting in 2018.

Know your rights: 500K passengers don’t bother to claim rightful compensation each year

More than 10,000 flights are delayed for more than three hours a day each year, entitling passengers to compensation according to EU rules. Nonetheless, more than 500,000 passengers fail to claim compensation for their delays either due to ignorance or negligence.

Here are some fascinating facts worth knowing if you plan to fly in Europe:

Bulgarian Authorities Establish Identity of Afghan Migrant Shot Near Border

Bulgarian authorities have established the identity of the Afghan migrant, who died near the country's frontier with Turkey after a bullet fired by a border police officer ricocheted and hit him.

His name was Bismillah and according to the testimonies of the other migrants from the group he was familiar with the route.

Turkey welcomes European court's ruling granting right to deny 'genocide'

Welcoming a ruling by the top European court of human rights, which said Switzerland had violated a Turkish politician?s right to freedom of speech by convicting him for denying the killing of Armenians by Ottoman Turks in 1915 amounted to genocide, Turkey has called the ruling ?an important turning point, as it provides a reply to the exploitation of history and law for political motives.?

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